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Crataegus flava - Quercus (incana, laevis) Ruderal Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Crataegus flava - Quercus (incana, laevis) Ruderal Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association includes highly altered examples of vegetation on sites that were formerly longleaf pine / scrub oak sandhills. It occurs in exposed topographic settings in the Fall-line region of Georgia and possibly adjacent Alabama where fire was an important ecological factor, but where <i>Pinus palustris</i> has been removed or failed to regenerate. Stands are dominated by a variable mixture of <i>Quercus laevis, Quercus incana</i>, and <i>Crataegus flava</i>. Dominance of <i>Crataegus flava</i> and the relative absence of <i>Quercus</i> canopy dominance may occur in areas where fire has been less frequent. Some other woody associates include <i>Pinus taeda, Pinus palustris, Quercus margarettiae, Quercus marilandica, Quercus stellata</i>, and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i>. Shrub and herbaceous associates include <i>Rhus copallinum, Rubus flagellaris</i>?, <i>Toxicodendron pubescens, Andropogon ternarius, Andropogon gyrans, Andropogon virginicus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Cnidoscolus stimulosus, Danthonia sericea, Eupatorium album, Silphium compositum, Stipulicida setacea</i>, and <i>Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum</i>. The density of other strata will depend on site conditions and fire-return interval. Under conditions of extreme fire suppression, canopy closure may be high. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36320.CEGL007883
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Georgia Sandhills Yellow Haw - Scrub Oak Woodland
  Translated: Yellowleaf Hawthorn - (Bluejack Oak, Turkey Oak) Ruderal Woodland
  Scientific: Crataegus flava - Quercus (incana, laevis) Ruderal Woodland
  Code: CEGL007883
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686730 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo